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Favorite Nursery Rhymes
Cover and illustrations of a book featuring stylized portrayals of childhood innocence typical of the period.
Maggie Muggins
Story features Maggie in depictions of innocence, surrounded by animals and nature.
Horrible Herman! - Black Magic #22
A deformed child develops an advanced intellect and psychic powers, and comes to view other humans as "animals."
The Hunter and the Hunted - Mysterious Adventures #15
The world's greatest hunter is killed by intelligent dinosaurs, who use his head as a bowling ball. A flashback reveals his desire to hunt animals began when he was a child.
The Little Monster! - Mister Mystery #11
An orphaned girl who loves animals is mistreated by her aunt. She wishes for bad things to happen to her aunt, and her wishes start to come true.
Bargains in Modern Books for Boys and Girls
Advertisement and order form for novels directed at boys and girls.
Through the Looking Glass - The Thing #17
Comic version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which features an evil, demonic Alice.
The Case of the Giggling Killer - Exposed #2
Crime comic that features a young psychopathic killer.
Little Dinky
Animal Comics was the sort of child-friendly title adults tended to assume was representative of the medium. A typical story from the series, 'Little Dinky' is included here to demonstrate the extent to which such comics coincided with the visual…
Heidi
Cover of the 1924 edition of Heidi featuring shepherd children in an idealized setting.